Quote by Isabel Allende

“This is a fault common to singers that among their friends they were never inclined to sing when they were asked, unasked they never…

— Horace

“Well, if there was any real reward for complaining I hadn’t seen it so far, in a life filled with suffering and verbal skill.…

— Jeff Lindsay

“To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“..giving into despair was like eating poisonous berries to keep from feeling hungry.”

— Shannon Hale

“He didn't like to be seen needing it - as if hunger were a sign of weakness.”

— Lionel Shriver

“I sing without knowing what my song means, and whether the listening world is amazed or wounded.”

— Margarita Engle

“Complaining is an attitude choice that if left unchecked will wither my capacity to experience joy and genuine thankfulness.”

— James MacDonald

“I shouted for no reason other than trying to shout out a bad feeling I had. A certain kind of lonely feeling. A feeling…

— Ron McLarty

“It were unwise to be sanguine, and unphilosophical to despair.”

— John Playfair

“If we had no faults we should not take so much pleasure in noting those of others.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“Hunger precipitated despair.”

— F. Sionil José

“The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another song could…

— Jake Vander Ark